diff --git a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
index e5f508773..a720acb4e 100755
--- a/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
+++ b/plugins/rsyncd/index.py
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ def makeLsyncdConf(data):
                 cmd_exclude_txt += x + "\n"
             mw.writeFile(cmd_exclude, cmd_exclude_txt)
             cmd_pass = name_dir + "/pass"
+            mw.execShell("chmod 755 " + cmd_pass)
             mw.writeFile(cmd_pass, t['password'])
             mw.execShell("chmod 600 " + cmd_pass)